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Really minor annoyances

marsey said:
Me dad flatly refusing to use the HD channels on Freeview
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My stepdad has glaucoma and getting cataracts done. You'd think he'd give himself a fighting chance by picking the best resolution. But no.

The irony is when older people have shit eyesight, they're used to just getting a vague idea of things.
 
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My Dad flatly refusing to have his phone on unless he's actually using it.

This resulted in a call to the police today, and a policeman driving around South Yorkshire trying to find my Dad, after he failed to turn up as arranged and went AWOL without his phone on.

Due to my Dad's age, mobility and health issues, and in this heat, we were worried sick, thinking he'd been taken ill somewhere when he wasn't at any of his usual 'haunts', and was 3 hours late to meet someone.

The police had got to the stage of not only requesting a recent photo of him, but also requesting his bank details so they could trace the last use of his debit card, when suddenly up my Dad trundled on his mobility scooter, having decided to go to Meadowhall!

Fortunately, the policeman, who'd spent all afternoon looking for my Dad, driving round all over the place and talking to everyone we could think of, wasn't annoyed with us, as he was just relieved to see my Dad safe and well, and told us we'd done the right thing in getting in touch with them in the circumstances.

The last thing the policeman said to my Dad before he went was: "You must make sure your phone is on."

Needless to say, my Dad has taken no notice of this whatsoever, telling me after the policeman left: "Well, there's no point in me having my phone on at the moment, nobody will be getting in touch with me, now." ! 🙄

If he puts his phone on tomorrow when he goes out - or at all, unless he's actually using it - I'll be amazed. 😤


Edit: this was meant to be in reply to @marsey , post #5,558. Not sure why it's not quoted him.
 
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Steel_Straight said:
My Dad flatly refusing to have his phone on unless he's actually using it.

This resulted in a call to the police today, and a policeman driving around South Yorkshire trying to find my Dad, after he failed to turn up as arranged and went AWOL without his phone on.

Due to my Dad's age, mobility and health issues, and in this heat, we were worried sick, thinking he'd been taken ill somewhere when he wasn't at any of his usual 'haunts', and was 3 hours late to meet someone.

The police had got to the stage of not only requesting a recent photo of him, but also requesting his bank details so they could trace the last use of his debit card, when suddenly up my Dad trundled on his mobility scooter, having decided to go to Meadowhall!

Fortunately, the policeman, who'd spent all afternoon looking for my Dad, driving round all over the place and talking to everyone we could think of, wasn't annoyed with us, as he was just relieved to see my Dad safe and well, and told us we'd done the right thing in getting in touch with them in the circumstances.

The last thing the policeman said to my Dad before he went was: "You must make sure your phone is on."

Needless to say, my Dad has taken no notice of this whatsoever, telling me after the policeman left: "Well, there's no point in me having my phone on at the moment, nobody will be getting in touch with me, now." ! 🙄

If he puts his phone on tomorrow when he goes out - or at all, unless he's actually using it - I'll be amazed. 😤


Edit: this was meant to be in reply to @marsey , post #5,558. Not sure why it's not quoted him.
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You need to sew an AirTag into the lining of his jacket
 
DaveH said:
I'm like that with scrap wood, all off cuts from various bits of DIY. Or you need 3 lengths so it is far better value to buy a pack of 4 or 6. It usually means if I need one length at short notice, I have some handy. But until then I have a large range of all sizes to store, plus off cuts of sheet material. That is a bugger to store. Unless it is flat or completely upright, it bends. Flat it covers massive amounts of floor. Upright then you have to sort through it all to find the bit you think that you might have, but probably have not.

I need it all to disappear and not take up space, until the point when I need it and then come back somehow.
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It’s paint will my shed I have 2 million tins of part used paint.

And oil. 3 in 1 oil, bike chain oil, engine oil.

And Swafega, I have an enormous container of Swarfega.

And car care stuff. Buckets, sponges, snow foam stuff.

And bikes.

I’ve been considering getting a full size Penny farthing but storage would be an issue.
 
Having an opinion about something, and then people extrapolating it to decide what you really mean. And then sneering at you with superiority despite them having decided that you mean something that you don’t
 
Steel_Straight said:
My Dad flatly refusing to have his phone on unless he's actually using it.

This resulted in a call to the police today, and a policeman driving around South Yorkshire trying to find my Dad, after he failed to turn up as arranged and went AWOL without his phone on.

Due to my Dad's age, mobility and health issues, and in this heat, we were worried sick, thinking he'd been taken ill somewhere when he wasn't at any of his usual 'haunts', and was 3 hours late to meet someone.

The police had got to the stage of not only requesting a recent photo of him, but also requesting his bank details so they could trace the last use of his debit card, when suddenly up my Dad trundled on his mobility scooter, having decided to go to Meadowhall!

Fortunately, the policeman, who'd spent all afternoon looking for my Dad, driving round all over the place and talking to everyone we could think of, wasn't annoyed with us, as he was just relieved to see my Dad safe and well, and told us we'd done the right thing in getting in touch with them in the circumstances.

The last thing the policeman said to my Dad before he went was: "You must make sure your phone is on."

Needless to say, my Dad has taken no notice of this whatsoever, telling me after the policeman left: "Well, there's no point in me having my phone on at the moment, nobody will be getting in touch with me, now." ! 🙄

If he puts his phone on tomorrow when he goes out - or at all, unless he's actually using it - I'll be amazed. 😤


Edit: this was meant to be in reply to @marsey , post #5,558. Not sure why it's not quoted him.
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Totally feel your pain, mate.

Both my parents have severe mobility issues but literally won't do anything to make their lives easier.

My dad had a hip replacement years ago and needs another (not gonna happen) and struggles like crazy getting in and out of his chair from the 1970s and my mam is still using the one the hospital gave her from her hip replacement about 10 years ago.

They're not short of a bob or two so it really gets to me to see them struggle so much when things could be at least a little bit easier.
 
S.S.R.. said:
My stepdad has glaucoma and getting cataracts done. You'd think he'd give himself a fighting chance by picking the best resolution. But no.

The irony is when older people have shit eyesight, they're used to just getting a vague idea of things.
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Getting cataracts done is a game changer, I have a problem with my eyes been touched, so put off a long as I could and went for sedation ,which was great wish I had them done 3 years ago when they first suggested it.
 
People who believe it fashionable to leave their laces undone
N0bbers who double park and then put on emergency hazard lights as if to signify it’s ok to hold up traffic
 
Facebook marketplace is crooked. I've listed stuff and tried searching for it specifically on another account and it doesn't show up.

Hard trying to sell stuff not being totally sure it's being seen. Also makes me wonder what bargains are being hidden from my view that I'm missing out on.
 
Contestants on The Chase who begin responses about themselves with 'So'. It is wrongly used, and unnecessary. Badenoch does it well and it's like nails down a blackboard.

Supermarket produce fondlers - I don't want to buy loaves you have squeezed or veg you you had your sweaty hands all over.
 
Montysavestheday said:
Contestants on The Chase who begin responses about themselves with 'So'. It is wrongly used, and unnecessary. Badenoch does it well and it's like nails down a blackboard.

Supermarket produce fondlers - I don't want to buy loaves you have squeezed or veg you you had your sweaty hands all over.
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Hate the "so" thing but why now does every quiz show have to have an explanation as to the why's & wherefore of the question? Just answer it...
 
Cockney Mackem said:
Outlook for mobile. If you make the mistake of forwarding an email before you reply to the original, you will NEVER in a million years be able to reply to the mail. Clever **** Outlook thinks it knows better and you want to reply to the forwarded mail you just sent, ie reply to yourself

*****. At least when they're making their mobile apps shit that's time they can't spend systematically removing or hiding the features I like in Excel


But also, Microsoft documents really annoy me when they embed American English as the default spelling and editing setting and try to change my perfectly good text to some f***ing moronic yankee gibberish. When you try and change this it won't let you, so fuck America and I hope they lose the war with Iran
What diarist klaxon - it's never Adrian Mole, is it
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Could always set your PC up with the correct region? Just a thought.
 
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